if you read the post you will see that I never disregarded the posts of men, and in fact welcomed their opinions. I was asking specifically about women perspectives, but I never asked any mods to not allow men to post. So no. It is not the same.
I can let Steerpike speak for himself about how he intended the possible thread he mentioned to go, but I think Heliotrope that you're underestimating how much effort we put into making your thread didn't stray too far from the intentions of the OP because that's one of the things we do.